Game apparatus



No. 620,445. Patented Feb. 28, I899.

A E. K. GBIESEMER.

GAME APPARATUS.

(Application filed Apr. 11, 1898.)

(No Model.)

WITNESSES: IN NTOH THE Nonms pzrzss no. worouma, WASHINGTON, ov c VUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD KIEFFER GRIESEMER, OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA.

GAM APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 620,445, dated February28, 1899.

Application filed April 11, 1 8 9 8 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD KIEFFER GRIEsEMER, of Reading, in the countyof Berks and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and ImprovedGame Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of my invention is to provide a game apparatus which Whilesimple and durable in its construction will afford amusement andrecreation, and which will prove an interesting trial of patience andskill.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the improved game apparatus. Fig. 2 is asection on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

The game apparatus consists of a body A of peculiar formation, a coverB, and rolling objects E, adapted to travel upon the bottom surface ofthe body. The bodyA may be made from one piece of material-as, forexample, metal, papier-mach, or the like-and consists of a bottom 10 anda marginal flange 11. The cover B comprises a transparent pane 12, whichcovers the top portion of the body, and a clamping-band 13, arranged tohold the pane in engagement with the upper edge of the body, theclamping-band ordinarily closely hugging the flange 11 of the body. Uponthe inner face of the bottom 10 a series of triangularly-shaped ribs 0is located, the apices or pointed portions of the ribs being directed tothe center of the bottom, the bottom being, preferably, circular. Thespaces D Within the ribs 0 constitute a series of chambers, and eachchamber has a combined inlet and outlet, which is formed by dividing thebase members of the triangular ribs C, which members face the flange 11of the body. The inner faces of the side members 15 of the ribs areconvexed, and the end portions of the ribs at the combined inlets andoutlets 14 are rounded off, and the,

Serial No. 677,205. (No model.) I

said portions of the ribs are much wider than the portions Where thebase members connect with the side members, as best shown in Fig. 1. Theribs are substantially inverted- .V-shaped in cross-section, althoughtheir upper edges may be of greater or of less width, as desired. At thecenter of the bottom a depression 16 is formed owing to the grouping andformation of the ribsO, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4, and concavedchannels 17 are also formed between the triangular ribs 0, connectingwith .the central depression 16 and with a marginal concaved gutter 18.

The rolling objects E preferably employed are balls, and the number ofballs used is one more than the number of chambers D. It is the objectof the game to place a ball in each chamber D and one in the center ofthe bottom, the balls having all been assembled in the marginal gutter18-before the body is manipulated. When a ball is centrally located ineach chamber and at a central point on the bottom of the body, thesolution of the game will have been accomplished.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A game apparatus consisting of a body and a covertherefor, the body being provided with a series of triangularly-arrangedskeleton ribs, the angular portion of the ribs being directed to acentral plain surface of the body, the plain surface of the body beinguninterrupted between its center and the angular portion of the ribs,the space within each rib forming a chamber, each rib being provided atits base With an opening and an enlargement at each side of the opening,constituting an inlet and an outlet for the chame bers surrounded by theribs, and rolling objects adapted to travel on the bottom of the bodyand adapted to be carried one Within each chamber and one at the centerof the bottom of the body, as and for the purpose specified.

2. A game apparatus, comprising a body, ribs on the body and forming theWalls of triangular spaces, the several ribs being equidistant one fromanother, and having their apices pointing to a common center, and thebase portions of the ribs being each partially cut away to provide aninlet and outlet for of the ribs being concaved in shape and leading tothe central depression, and the space between the bases of the ribsbeing likewise concaved, forming a gutter communicating with the saidchannels, of a cover for the body, provided with a transparent pane, androlling objects held to travel on the bottom portion of the body, as andfor the purpose specified.

EDWARD KIEFEER GRIESEMER. WVitnesses:

HOWARD F. KINSEY, MORRIS H. SCHAFFER.

